Veteran's thanks from FedEx
12-19-2014, 07:14 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 554
Originally Posted by NightShip1129
When was the last time we didn't have total air superiority in any war or conflict? I'm not a history major but my guess was Vietnam. Ground pounders and helo guys I truly feel for. Your risk as a fighter, tanker or cargo guy is no more than my risk here in "Baghdad on the Bluffs". Yes there is risk but get over yourself being a Lt Col just so you'll have an extra retirement check when you turn 60.
Originally Posted by NightShip1129
Plus while you guys were out on mil leave playing around I was busting my butt working. How come I don't get a crappy BZ pin too?
P.S. Also had a friend blown out the top of a Humvee by an IED in Baghdad. It is disappointing you use that term, you never know who lost a loved one serving. When was last time you had an IED go off on your way to work in MEM?
Have A Happy Holiday!
12-19-2014, 07:43 PM
#23
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 60
I've been lurking for a while but this thread is making me post for the first time when I didn't feel I could contribute to any other thread.
I do not work for FedEx or any airline for that matter, but I am an AH-64D driver in the Army.
Every life lost matters. The difference is aviation is a hard career civ and mil. In the Army (I don't know AF stats) we lose about one friend that you served with every year if not more. I have buried several friends but the ones lost in combat always seem to hurt a little more. It's a brotherhood. Doesn't matter what service. It's a shared experience of Hell. You're probably a better pilot than I am, but I will always trust someone that wore a uniform over someone who didn't. It's a mindset. The thought that giving up a piece of yourself for a greater good is selfless. (I know we get licenses and such so you're probably thinking it's not selfless. If you fall in that category GFY.) have you done anything in aviation that didn't benefit you? I hope so. I was a ground pounder looking up and said to myself I'd rather be up there than down here so I did. I'm not sorry for making myself better and hopefully giving a little back to the country that lets me do what I love. Even if 24 months of my life were spent in Afghanistan I'd do it all again given the chance. It's for my brothers left and right and my family back home. You just get the added benefit of enjoying the blanket of freedom we provide.
Sorry for the rant. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
I do not work for FedEx or any airline for that matter, but I am an AH-64D driver in the Army.
Every life lost matters. The difference is aviation is a hard career civ and mil. In the Army (I don't know AF stats) we lose about one friend that you served with every year if not more. I have buried several friends but the ones lost in combat always seem to hurt a little more. It's a brotherhood. Doesn't matter what service. It's a shared experience of Hell. You're probably a better pilot than I am, but I will always trust someone that wore a uniform over someone who didn't. It's a mindset. The thought that giving up a piece of yourself for a greater good is selfless. (I know we get licenses and such so you're probably thinking it's not selfless. If you fall in that category GFY.) have you done anything in aviation that didn't benefit you? I hope so. I was a ground pounder looking up and said to myself I'd rather be up there than down here so I did. I'm not sorry for making myself better and hopefully giving a little back to the country that lets me do what I love. Even if 24 months of my life were spent in Afghanistan I'd do it all again given the chance. It's for my brothers left and right and my family back home. You just get the added benefit of enjoying the blanket of freedom we provide.
Sorry for the rant. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
12-19-2014, 08:03 PM
#24
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: MD11 Captain
Posts: 364
Originally Posted by NightShip1129
I bet you're the guy who monitors the #2 radio and yells "guard" into the microphone when somebody makes a mistake and transmits on the wrong radio.
You certainly have a great sense of self worth that makes you feel superior to me. Just remember when you pour my coffee, 1 cream and 1 sugar.
You certainly have a great sense of self worth that makes you feel superior to me. Just remember when you pour my coffee, 1 cream and 1 sugar.
If you're not just a flame-baiting troll then I'll eat my hat. If by chance you ARE actually an MD11 captain at fedex, as you claim to be, then I'm at a loss. Clueless doesn't begin to cover it. But I suppose I'll recognize you in the AOC with that gigantic chip on your weak little shoulder.
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12-19-2014, 08:42 PM
#25
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2013
Posts: 154
Originally Posted by NightShip1129
You certainly have a great sense of self worth that makes you feel superior to me. Just remember when you pour my coffee, 1 cream and 1 sugar.
12-20-2014, 06:01 AM
#28
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Triple Capt
Posts: 608
BTTT.......I have not/did not get said BZ pin but I have enjoyed the repartee!
It was my honor to have served and I'm also very honored to have served alongside some great warriors, some of whom I've flown with here at purple; and some like Soldier64 that I've never flown with except for our very exclusive membership in the Band of Brothers...
It was my honor to have served and I'm also very honored to have served alongside some great warriors, some of whom I've flown with here at purple; and some like Soldier64 that I've never flown with except for our very exclusive membership in the Band of Brothers...
12-20-2014, 07:14 AM
#29
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,756
Originally Posted by Soldier64
I've been lurking for a while but this thread is making me post for the first time when I didn't feel I could contribute to any other thread.
I do not work for FedEx or any airline for that matter, but I am an AH-64D driver in the Army.
Every life lost matters. The difference is aviation is a hard career civ and mil. In the Army (I don't know AF stats) we lose about one friend that you served with every year if not more. I have buried several friends but the ones lost in combat always seem to hurt a little more. It's a brotherhood. Doesn't matter what service. It's a shared experience of Hell. You're probably a better pilot than I am, but I will always trust someone that wore a uniform over someone who didn't. It's a mindset. The thought that giving up a piece of yourself for a greater good is selfless. (I know we get licenses and such so you're probably thinking it's not selfless. If you fall in that category GFY.) have you done anything in aviation that didn't benefit you? I hope so. I was a ground pounder looking up and said to myself I'd rather be up there than down here so I did. I'm not sorry for making myself better and hopefully giving a little back to the country that lets me do what I love. Even if 24 months of my life were spent in Afghanistan I'd do it all again given the chance. It's for my brothers left and right and my family back home. You just get the added benefit of enjoying the blanket of freedom we provide.
Sorry for the rant. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
I do not work for FedEx or any airline for that matter, but I am an AH-64D driver in the Army.
Every life lost matters. The difference is aviation is a hard career civ and mil. In the Army (I don't know AF stats) we lose about one friend that you served with every year if not more. I have buried several friends but the ones lost in combat always seem to hurt a little more. It's a brotherhood. Doesn't matter what service. It's a shared experience of Hell. You're probably a better pilot than I am, but I will always trust someone that wore a uniform over someone who didn't. It's a mindset. The thought that giving up a piece of yourself for a greater good is selfless. (I know we get licenses and such so you're probably thinking it's not selfless. If you fall in that category GFY.) have you done anything in aviation that didn't benefit you? I hope so. I was a ground pounder looking up and said to myself I'd rather be up there than down here so I did. I'm not sorry for making myself better and hopefully giving a little back to the country that lets me do what I love. Even if 24 months of my life were spent in Afghanistan I'd do it all again given the chance. It's for my brothers left and right and my family back home. You just get the added benefit of enjoying the blanket of freedom we provide.
Sorry for the rant. We now return to your regularly scheduled programming.
12-20-2014, 09:18 AM
#30
On Reserve
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: MD-11 Capt
Posts: 13
Veteran's thanks from FedEx
The chip on my shoulder is that WE at Fdx have a culture that most people are always trying to cut their own best deal. Instead of banding together. Hence the difference between brown and us. They have a common enemy and look out for each other we don't. For example:
1) New hires going to active duty to avoid 1st yr pay. So more senior guys get stuck at the bottom.
2) I've heard many times "I'll drop Mil leave on that crappy trip, holiday, spring brk etc.
3) Mil guys flying makeup out of what they drop grossly exceeding BLG when the rest of us should be "enjoying time with our families".
Not to only blame mil guys others are no better hence we're not even close to a contract.
1) Making up 6 hrs and trading up 12 at straight time.
2) obviously 150% flying
3) Deviating because "that's more convenient for me since I don't live in domicile."
4) Selling back vac
5) Carryover goes senior NOT junior.
6) Picking up disputed pairings.
Everyone of these things is because the culture here is ME not WE. The company loves to divide and conquer. It's working. Enjoy your pin.
1) New hires going to active duty to avoid 1st yr pay. So more senior guys get stuck at the bottom.
2) I've heard many times "I'll drop Mil leave on that crappy trip, holiday, spring brk etc.
3) Mil guys flying makeup out of what they drop grossly exceeding BLG when the rest of us should be "enjoying time with our families".
Not to only blame mil guys others are no better hence we're not even close to a contract.
1) Making up 6 hrs and trading up 12 at straight time.
2) obviously 150% flying
3) Deviating because "that's more convenient for me since I don't live in domicile."
4) Selling back vac
5) Carryover goes senior NOT junior.
6) Picking up disputed pairings.
Everyone of these things is because the culture here is ME not WE. The company loves to divide and conquer. It's working. Enjoy your pin.
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